Sculpture, molding & decorative statue - Montreal

Jean Pronovost is one of the few Canadian artists able to achieve such realism and harmony in his sculptures. Ten years of experience have given him the knowledge to work masterfully and comfortably with a wide variety of materials and a multitude of molding and casting techniques. His sensitivity to materials and versatility allows Jean Pronovost to adapt to any project with the uncommon professionalism that is his trade mark.

Creations Jean Pronovost has create a sculpture 15 feet high for the set of the new emissions produced by Radio Canada, Les dieux de la danse. 24 celebrities will compete to win the sculpture which is the grand prize. The colossal sculpture 15 feet tall is the largest sculpted accessory ever created for a Radio-Canada. Creations Jean Pronovost which specializes in sculpture and mural completed the challenge in a month and a half.

Creations Jean Pronovost have made a series of Sumerian sculpture reproductions for the American television series produced by Sony, The Art Of More, exposing the crimes and intrigues of a prestigious auction house in New York, antiques Sumerian stolen are sold through the black market.

The Atlantes de Tula here has been reproduced and sculpted by the creations of Jean Pronovost workshop, This Mexican iconic sculpture was created by the Toltec’s between 8 th and 11 th century AD. This clay reproduction have a height of 3.30 meters and took more than a month of work.Editions of this exceptionnal icon of the precolombian time can now be achieved with the mold.

Creations Jean Pronovost had the honor of being recruited to realize the eyes of the sculptures for International Mosaicultures happening at the Botanical Garden during summer 2013. The artist sculpted, molded and painted with airbrush more than fifty eyes for the biggest cultural event of the year. The Mosaicultures knew how to harmonize scultural art and nature for this event which was seen by more than a million visitors in the Botanical Garden of Montreal during summer 2013.

Sculpture made from the molding of life casting done with the use of live models. This sculpture is made of Forton resin, fiber glass, steel and bronze. Personal work titled "Bride of the cosmophore" from the Montreal painter and sculptor artist Jean Pronovost.

Le Drague, a renowned gay bar in Quebec City, turned to Les Créations Jean Pronovost in 2005 to commission a large and intricate sculpture and casting project. This major project demanded an exceptional technical know-how both because of the great number of sculptures and the variety of the finishes required by the client. The castings needed not only to be aesthetic, but also functional. The muscled torsos in the bar were to be used to hold alcohol bottles, which was achieved by inclining the figures and creating small recessed areas which were integrated into the design. Each sculpture was designed with a function unique to

Cirque du Soleil resquested help from Quebec sculptor Jean Pronovost to create elements of the scenery for their next show about the life of Micheal Jackson in Las Vegas. The mandated of this sculptural project was to create 13 matrixes representing cameras and televisions from various era to show the different life moments of Micheal Jackson. They had to be on a much bigger scale than the real ones by sculptor Jean Pronovost and his team since screens would then be added to project videos of the life of the pop icon. The 13 matrixes had to be sculpted, modeled and then casted as to createmultiple copies of each of them in a flexible and light material. Around fifty copies were made to be added to the fantastic set of the most renowned circus next show.

Quebec sculptor Jean Pronovost created the sculpture by molding the face of his client. Oursculptors’ workshop offer you the creation of a great variety of buts and even the reproduction of the whole body with molding and casting techniques for real size or scale. Each sculpture project has its own technique. This project is a good example of a scaled facial reproduction from a cast. We can appreciate all the details and the realistic texture of the bust.

Montreal sculptor Jean Pronovost recently created this monumental sculpture representing a gigantic pink flamingo in a farcical position. This unique commission was a request from a collective of Quebec artists and will be used during an artistic performance.

This is a reproduction a sabertooth tiger’s skull made from a copy provided by Laval University. This reproduction was molded and sculpted for a private collection and for a second copy for students in biology. The original was molded by Quebec sculptor Jean Pronovost who took a lot of cares to create an exact copy with all the details of this mammal who lived 42 million years until 11 000 years ago.

La Ronde once again requested the help of Créations Jean Pronovost this year for the creation of special effects. Their haunted house needed a bust where we could see the ribcage and the guts. It needed to be wore by an actor. We see on this picture the actor wearing the bust at the exact position where the spectator will see him. This scene is even more terrifying in the dark.

Special effects piece for the movie The Day After Tomorrow, 2004. Working from technical drawings provided by the artistic director, a prototype of the piece (an ergonomic control lever) was made using modelling clay as seen in the pictures. The final piece was then cast and the surface painted and used in the opening sequences of the movie.

This low relief sculpture is of Babylonian inspiration. It shows two Ugallu creatures fighting each other for power. Ancient art reproduction is one of Créations Jean Pronovost great interest not only for the historical and mythological aspect, but also for the technical quality of ancient civilization art.

« Les créations Jean Pronovost » are also specialized in grand scale reproduction of ancient civilisations sculptures and reliefs. This low relief sculpture is of Assyrian inspiration. It originally comes from the Ashurrnasirpal II palace, Nimrud, around 860 BC. The relief represents two Eagles deities named Nisroch. They feed the sacred tree and respectfully harvest its fruits.

South America smilodon skull meticulously molded by Montreal sculptor Jean Pronovost so to be able to produce copies for the Laval university students and the artist own curiosity. The best molding products and most advance techniques were use for the molding of this antique skull.

Here we see a baboon skull molded from a private collection’s original. Once extracted from the mold, the sculptor Jean Pronovost will do touch-up by using the subtractive sculpture technique so as to accomplish the necessary details. Reproductions can then be used for anthropological or artistic purposes.

Sculptures of various body parts created from casts done with the use of live models. The mastery of numerous casting techniques is necessary to attain the high quality finished product seen in these sculptures, as is an in depth knowledge of materials and a thorough understanding of their use. The finished pieces were then airbrushed in hyperrealism, allowing the pieces to take on a life of their own.

Jean Pronovost cast this bust for Montreal’s 2003 F1 event, using a polyester and fibre glass resin mix. The bust was then painted with a high gloss finish which was further enhanced by an ingenious lighting system integrated directly into the cast.

This 2006 sculpture was cast from the original artwork located in the Mexican Consulate in Montreal. The sculpture represents Cocijo, the god of rain of the Zapotec people, from the region of Oaxaca to the south of central Mexico between 1400 and 700 B.C. Cast in fibre glass, coloured urethane paints and patinas were used to finish the work which measures 18”x 10”x 34”.

From Jean Pronovost’s private collection this Mayan inspired artwork was created in 1997 and measures 3’x 2’x 5’. The sculpture was originally sculpted in wood and then cast in Fortin resin. The finish inspired by ancient jade, along with the addition of lichen moss gives the impression that the piece was recently excavated from the depth of the jungle.

A limited edition series of custom-made seats for Celine Dion’s 2003 A New Day show in Las Vegas; these seats were cast in fibre glass with a mix of polyester and fibre glass resins to give them strength, resilience and ensure a perfectly smooth surface. The seats, designed as scenic elements in the show, needed to be able to support the weight of a human and be air lifted by a crane. To achieve this, the seats were reinforced with steel rods.

Here we see a low relief reproduction of the Aztec God Tlaloc. This relief was conceived in resin on which a oxidized bronze faux fini was layered. The God of rain comes back to life among the symbols of the past which were faithfully reproduced on scale.

This exceptional sculpture project is a low relief accomplished for the Simon Fraser bridge in Prince George, BC, Canada. This sculpture measuring 70x200 cm was done in the vision of the scene presenting Simon Fraser and an Indian chief granting him navigating access on the river.